THE  LIBRARY 

OF 

THE  UNIVERSITY 
OF  CALIFORNIA 

LOS  ANGELES 


NEW-YORK 

LIBRARY   CLUB 

MANUAL 


NEW-YORK 
1897 


EAi.LE    PRESS,   BROOKLYN-NEW  YOSK 


1897-98. 

President. 
ARTHUR  ELMORE  BOSTWICK. 

Vice-Presidents. 

WlLBERFORCE   EAMES.  HARRIET   BEARDSLEE   PRESCOTT. 

Secretary. 

THOMAS  WILLIAM  IDLE. 

Treasurer. 
THERESA  HITOHLER. 


EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE. 

DR.  JOHN  SHAW  BILLINGS, 
DR.  HENRY  M.  LEIPZIGER, 
CHARLES  ALEXANDER  NELSON, 

WlLBERFORCE    EAMES, 

JOSEPHINE  ADAMS  RATHBONE, 
ARTHUR  ELMORE  BOSTWICK,  ex-officio. 
THOMAS  WILLIAM  IDLE,  ex-officio. 
THERESA  HITCHLER,  ex-officio. 


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OFFICERS 
FROM  THE  ORGANIZATION  OF  THE  CLUB. 

1885-86. 
President,  RICHARD  ROGERS  BOWKER. 

Vice-President*  lMrs<  JOSEPH  H-  RYLANCE,  nee  COE, 
"*•  IWILLIAM  AUGUSTUS  WHITE. 

Secretary,  CHARLES  ALEXANDER  NELSON. 
Treasurer,  JACOB  SCHWARTZ. 

1886-87. 
President,  WILLIAM  THADDEUS  PEOPLES. 

Vice  President*    5FRANK  PlERCE  HILL, 
-r  residents,  |Mrg  MELVIL  DEWEY. 

Secretary,  CHARLES  ALEXANDER  NELSON. 
Treasurer,  JACOB  SCHWARTZ. 

1887-88. 
President,  REUBEN  BROOKS  POOLE. 

Vice-President*   JMELVIL  DEWEY, 

'"'  {MARGUERITE  MERINGTON. 

Secretary,  CHARLES  ALEXANDER  NELSON. 

.7-  ,    (JACOB  SCHWARTZ, 

Treasurers,  |SlLAg  HURD  B£RRY 

1888-89. 
President,  MELVIL  DEWEY. 

Vice-President*   |GEORGE  HANNAH, 

tfs'  tMrs.  EDWIN  MILTON  FAIRCHILD,  nte  CUTLER. 

^CHARLES  ALEXANDER  NELSON, 
IPAUL  LEICESTER  FORD. 
•Treasurer,  SILAS  HURD  BERRY. 

1889-90. 

President,  REUBEN  BROOKS  POOLE. 
Vice-President,  Mrs.  JOSEPH  H.  RYLANCE,  ne'e  COE. 
Secretary,  PAUL  LEICESTER  FORD. 
Treasurer,  SILAS  HURD  BERRY. 


I  890-91. 

President,  GKORGE  HALL  BAKER. 

(Mrs.  JOSEPH  H.  RYLANCE,  nee  COE. 
Vice-Presidents,  <  REUBEN  BROOKS  POOLE, 
(FRANK  PIERCE  HILL. 

Secretary,  MARY  IMOGEN  CRANDALL. 
Treasurer,  SILAS  HURD  BERRY. 

1891-92. 
President,  FRANK  PIERCE  HILL. 

T^-     D       -j    t     (MARY  WRIGHT  PLUMMER, 
Vice-Presidents,  |REUBEN  BROOKS  POOLE 

tfirretfirifx:    JMARY  IMOGEN  CRANDALL, 
*"'  IGEORGE  WATSON  COLE. 

Treasurer,  SILAS  HURD  BERRY,  pro  tern. 

1892-93. 
President,  SILAS  HURD  BERRY. 

Vire  Prpsidmt*   !HENRY  M-  LEIPZIGER, 
residents,  }MARY  c   MOSMAN. 

Secretary,  GEORGE  WATSON  COLE. 
Treasurer,  ELIZABETH  TUTTLE. 

1893-94. 
President,  GEORGE  WATSON  COLE. 

T7-     D       -J    *      (HENRY  M.  LEIPZIGER, 
Vice-Prestdents, 


Secretary,  HARRIET  BEARDSLEE  PRESCOTT. 
Treasurer,  ELIZABETH  TUTTLE. 

1894-95. 
President,  CHARLES  ALEXANDER  NELSON. 

!/•     D       v     /     (WILLIS  KIMBALL  STETSON. 
Vzce-Prestdents,  {LlLLIAN  DENIO> 

Secretary,  HARRIET  BEARDSLEE  PRESCOTT. 
Treasurer,  ELIZABETH  TUTTLE. 


1895-96. 

President,  WILLIAM  FRANKLYN  STEVENS. 

TAV-.  r>~*?;j*~ff   /WILLIS  ARTHUR  BARDWELL, 
Vice-Presidents,  |ELIZABETH  G>  BALDWIN. 

Secretary,  JOSEPHINE  ADAMS  RATHBONE. 
Treasurer,  ELIZABETH  TUTTLE. 

1896-97. 
President,  MARY  WRIGHT  PLUMMER. 

iv      D       -J    *     (ARTHUR  ELMORE  BOSTWICK, 
Vice-Presidents.  {WlLLIAM  j   c   BERRY. 

Secretary,  JOSEPHINE  ADAMS  RATHBONE. 
Treasurer,  ELIZABETH  TUTTLE. 


MEMBERS  OF    THE  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE 

FROM  THE  ORGANIZATION 

OF  THE  CLUB. 

BAKER  (GEORGE  HALL),  1888-94. 

BALDWIN  (ELIZABETH  G.),  1896-97. 

BARDWELL  (WILLIS  ARTHUR),  1889-90,  1894-95,  1896-97. 

BERRY  (SILAS  HURD),  1887-94,  1895-96. 

BERRY  (WILLIAM  J.  C.),  1895-96. 

BILLINGS  (Dr.  JOHN  SHAW),  1897-98. 

BOSTWICK  (ARTHUR  EI.MORE),  1896-98. 

BOWKER  (RICHARD  ROGERS),    1885-88,    1889-90,   1894-95. 

CATTELL  (SARAH  W.),  1895-96. 

COLE  (GEORGE  WATSON),  1891-95. 

CRANDALL  (MARY  IMOGEN),  1890-92. 

DEWEY  (MELVIL),  1885-86,  1888-89. 

DEWEY  (Mrs.  MELVIL),  1886-87. 

EAMES  (WILBERFORCE),  1896-97. 

FAIRCHILD  (Mrs.  EDWIN  MILTON),  ne'e  CUTLER,  1888-89. 

FORD  (PAUL  LEICESTER),  1889-91. 

HANNAH  (GEORGE),  1885-86. 

HILL  (FRANK  PIERCE),  1886-87,  1888-89,  1890-94. 

HITCHLER  (THERESA),  1897-98. 

IDLE  (THOMAS  WILLIAM),  1897-98. 

LEIPZIGER  (HENRY  M.),  1895-96,  1897-98. 

MERINGTON  (MARGUERITE),  1887-89,  1895-96. 

NELSON  (CHARLES  ALEXANDER),  1886-89,  1894-98. 

PEOPLES  (WILLIAM  THADDEUS),  1885-87,  1890-94. 

PLUMMER  (MARY  WRIGHT),  1891-92,  1896-97. 

POOLE  (REUBEN  BROOKS),  1886-88,  1889-95. 

PRESCOTT  (HARRIET  BEARDSLEE),  1893-95. 

RATHBONE  (JOSEPHINE  ADAMS),  1895-98. 

RYLANCE  (Mrs.  JOSEPH  H.),  nee  COE,  1886-93,  1894-95. 


SCHWARTZ  (JACOB),  1885-88. 

STEVENS  (WILLIAM  FRANKLYN),  1895-96. 

THOMAS  (Rev.  JOSEPH  CONABLE),  1895-96. 

TUTTLE  (ELIZABETH),  1892-97. 

TYLER  (ARTHUR  WELLINGTON),  1887-89. 


ORGANIZATION. 

THE  NEW- YORK  LIBRARY  CLUB  was  organized  at  Columbia  Col- 
lege Library,  June  18,  1885.  The  call  for  a  meeting  for  such  an 
organization  was  issued  by  Mr.  Melvil  Dewtv.  The  persons  pres- 
ent at  this  meeting  were  Henry  M.  Baird,  L.*D.,  Mrs.  Joseph  H. 
Rylance,  nee  Coe,  Max  Cohen,  Melvil  Dewey,  Mrs.  Melvil  Dewey, 
George  Hannah,  John  MacMullen,  Charlec  \lexander  Nelson, 
William  Thaddeus  Peoples,  Reuben  Brooks  Poo'e,  Jacob  Schwartz 
and  William  Augustus  White. 

A  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  was  jeld  September 
nth,  at  "  The  Sagamore,"  Lake  George,  at  the  clo,'-e  of  the  A.  L. 
A.  Conference,  when  Richard  Rogers  Bowker  was  chosen  presi- 
dent, and  other  officers  were  appointed. 

The  first  regular  meeting  of  the  Club  was  held  N-wember  12, 
1885,  at  Columbia  College. 

At  this  meeting  there  were  about  forty  persons  present ;  nine- 
teen were  elected  to  membership. 


CONSTITUTION. 


I.  NAME. 
This  organization  shall  be  called  the  New- York  Library  Club. 

II.  OBJECT. 

Its  object  shall  be  te  promote  acquaintance  and  fraternal  rela- 
tions among  librarians  and  those  interested  in  library  work  ;  and 
by  consultation  and  cooperation  to  increase  the  usefulness,  and 
advance  the  interests,  of  the  libraries  of  New- York  and  its  vicinity. 

III.  MEMBERS. 

Any  person  interested  in  library  work  and  unanimously  recom- 
mended for  membership  by  the  Executive  Committee  may  be 
elected  at  any  meeting,  and  all  proposals  for  membership  shall 
be  referred  to  this  Committee.  The  Secretary  shall  keep  a  record, 
in  the  case  of  each  new  member  of  the  Club,  of  the  person  who 
shall  have  proposed  said  member. 

IV.  OFFICERS. 

The  officers  of  the  Club  shall  be  a  President  two  Vice-Presidents, 
a  Secretary,  and  a  Treasurer,  who  shall  be  elected  by  ballot  an- 
nually at  the  regular  meeting  in  May,  and  shall  serve  for  one 
year  from  that  time  or  until  their  successors  are  chosen. 

The  President  shall  preside  at  all  meetings. 

In  the  absence  of  the  President,  a  Vice-President  shall  perform 
the  duties  of  the  office. 

The  Secretary  shall  keep  a  faithful  record  of  all  business  trans- 
acted ;  shall  give  due  notice  of  any  election,  appointment,  meet- 


ing,  or  other  business  requiring  the  personal  attention  of  any 
member ;  and  shall  have  charge  of  the  books,  papers,  and  corre- 
spondence. 

The  Treasurer  shall  keep  a  full  and  accurate  record  of  all 
receipts  and  disbursements  and  shall  present  a  statement  of 
accounts  at  each  regular  meeting  of  the  Club,  and  an  annual  re- 
port at  the  annual  meeting  on  the  second  Thursday  in  May.  The 
Treasurer's  account  shall  be  closed  on  the  3oth  of  April,  which 
shall  be  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year.  He  shall  pay  all  bills  against 
the  Club  after  they  have  been  certified  by  the  chairman  of  the 
Executive  Committee. 

V.  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

An  Executive  Committee  of  five  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
President  for  the  current  year,  to  which  the  President,  Secretary, 
and  Treasurer  shall  be  added  as  ex-officto  members. 

The  first-named  member  shall  be  the  chairman,  and  three  mem- 
bers shall  constitute  a  quorum. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Committee  to  prepare  questions  for 
discussion  by  the  Club ;  to  consider  and  mature  plans  for  the 
general  work  of  the  same  ;  and  to  approve  all  bills  before  payment 
by  the  Treasurer. 

The  Executive  Committee  shall  be  empowered  to  spend  money 
for  the  ordinary  running  expenses  of  the  Club. 

VI.  MEETINGS. 

There  shall  be  regular  meetings  of  the  Club  on  the  second 
Thursday  of  each  October,  November,  January,  March,  and  May, 
at  such  time  and  place  as  the  Executive  Committee  may  appoint. 

The  President  shall  call  a  special  meeting  of  the  Club  on  the 
written  request  of  five  members  ;  but  notice  shall  be  sent  to  each 
member  not  less  than  a  week  before  such  meeting. 


VII.  DUES. 

There  shall  be  annual  dues  of  one  dollar,  payable  at  or  before 
the  November  meeting,  and  a  fee  of  one  dollar  at  joining,  which 
shall  be  in  lieu  of  the  annual  dues  for  the  current  year. 

The  fiscal  year  of  the  Club  shall  begin  May  ist. 

No  debt  or  obligation  shall  be  contracted  by  any  committee, 
officer  or  member  of  the  Club  on  its  behalf. 

VIII.  AMENDMENTS. 

All  amendments  to  the  Constitution  shall  be  referred  to  the 
Executive  Committee,  which  shall  report  thereon,  and  the  same 
may  be  adopted  by  a  three-fourths  vote  at  a  regular  meeting. 

Notice  to  members  before  action  on  such  amendments  shall 
state  that  "Action  will  be  taken  on  Amendments  to  the  Con- 
stitution." 


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PUBLICATIONS   OF   THE  CLUB. 

Constitution  and  officers,  1885-86.     Folder. 

Officers,  members,  and  constitution,  1886-87.     Folder. 

New- York  Library  Club.  Union  List  of  periodicals  currently  re- 
ceived by  the  New- York  and  Brooklyn  Libraries ;  edited  at 
Columbia  College  Library,  New- York,  1887.  58  p.  Q. 

Officers  and  new  members,  1887-88.     Card. 

New-York  Library  Club.  Constitution,  officers  from  the  founda- 
tion, and  list  of  members.  New- York,  New- York  Library  Club, 
April,  1891.  55  p.  Tt. 

Manual  of  the  New- York  Library  Club.  Officers,  members,  con- 
stitution, libraries  represented,  etc.  New- York,  July,  1894. 
16  p.  Sq.  Tt. 

New- York  Library  Club  Manual.     1897.  32  p.      12°. 


PROCEEDINGS. 

For  reports  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Club  to  April  22,  1897, 
inclusive,  see  The  Library  Journal : 

Year.  Vol.                                            Page. 

1885  10  148,  177,  178,  370,  400-402. 

1886  ii  3,  24-27,  67,  82-87,  145-146,  169?  341,  451.  484-486. 

1887  12  74-78,  137-138,  164-166,  196-199,  250,  554-558- 

1888  13  14-17,  98-102,  147-150,  217,  346,  381-382. 

1889  14  42-44,  93-94,  4i6,  477-479- 

1890  15  22-23,  116-117,  147-149,  212,   343-344. 

1891  16  19-23,  51-53,  81-83,  115-118,  182-184,  281. 

1892  17  25-27,  58-60,  98-100,  130-132,  204-207,  493-495. 

1893  18  45-49,  86,  87.  158,  194-196,  515. 

1894  19  20-22,  95-96,  133-134,  175-  386-387. 

1895  20  95,  129,  212-214,  392-393. 

1896  21          21,   24-27,   IIO-III,    153-154,   29O-29I,    509-510. 

1897  22         33-37,  2O9-2IO. 


PAPERS    READ    AND    TOPICS    DISCUSSED    BEFORE 
THE    CLUB. 

Reference  is  made  to  the  papers,  and  to  the  discussions 
as  they  appeared  in  The  Library  Jour  rial.  Bold-face  type 
indicates  volume  ;  small  type,  page. 

Union  list  of  periodicals.     10,  400 ;  11,  86-87,  145,  485  ;  12,  196, 

554- 
Book  thieves.     10,  400,  402  ;  11,  24-25,  86,  485  ;  12,  196-197  ;   13, 

Q9- 
Free  public  circulating  libraries  in  New- York  City.     11,  25-27, 

82-86,  87  ;  12,  556. 

The  disposition  of  duplicates.     11,  87. 
A.  L.  A.  publishing  section.     11,  485-486. 
The  highest  legibility  of  type.     12,  74-76. 
The  relation  of  the  libraries  of  New- York  to  the  public  schools. 

12,  77,  165-166,  197-199  ;  18,  195-196;  19,  386-387. 
Sizes  of  books.     12,137;   18,14-16. 

Public  libraries  and  public  schools.     Marguerite  Merington,    12, 

156-159. 
The  children's  library  in  New-York.     Emily  S.  Hannaway.     12, 

185-186. 
What  privileges  do  the  libraries  of  New  York  extend  to  the 

teachers  and  scholars  of  the  public  schools  ?     12,  197-199. 
The  New- York  libraries  and  the  subsidy  question.      12,  556-558; 

13,  98-99,  147;  21,  26-27. 
Library  seminaries.     13,  16. 

What  catalogues  shall  we  print?     13,  100-102. 

How  best  to  stimulate  the  formation  of  public  libraries.     13,  147- 

148. 
Should  mercantile  libraries  be  sustained  independently,   or  be 

merged  in  free  public  libraries  ?     13,  149-150. 
Facilities  for  readers  in  European  libraries.     13,  346. 
Catalogues  of  portraits  and  pictures.     14,  43. 

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Disposition  of  pamphlets  in  libraries.     14.  43-44. 

How  far  should  reading  be  controlled  in  libraries  ?    14,  93-94. 

Periodicals  in  reading-rooms  and  libraries.     14,  477-478. 

The  differentiation  or  specialization  of  New- York  libraries.  Paul 
Leicester  Ford.  15,  7-9,  22-23,  147,  344. 

Should  American  literature  be  specially  favored  in  our  libraries  ? 
Mrs.  Joseph  H.  Rylance,  nee  Coe.  15,  101,  116-117. 

New- York  library  manual.     15,147-148;  16,20,51-52;   18,49. 

Bookbinding.     15,  148-149. 

The  science  of  books.     Ernest  C.  Richardson.     16,  82. 

Duties  of  a  library  to  its  staff.  Mary  Imogen  Crandall.  16,  105- 
107,  117-118. 

Reference  work  in  libraries :  Brooklyn  Library ;  Columbia  Col- 
lege ;  Pratt  Institute.  Willis  Arthur  Bard-well,  William  B. 
Child,  Mary  C.  Mosman.  16,  297-298,  183-184. 

Description  of  the  more  notable  features  of  the  libraries  visited 
by  the  A.  L.  A.  Mary  Wright  Plummer.  17,  26. 

Admission  to  the  shelves  and  the  use  of  costly  and  rare  books. 
17,  58-60. 

Catalogues,  and  the  best  mode  of  making  known  to  the  public  the 
resources  of  a  library.  1 7,  98-100. 

Library  development  in  New- York  City.     17,  131-132. 

The  equalization  of  the  postage  rates  on  books  of  all  classes.  1 7, 
206. 

Delivery  stations  or  branch  libraries.  George  Watson  Cole.  1 7, 
480-482,  493-495  ;  18,  45-47- 

On  the  best  methods  of  getting  books  into  the  hands  of  the  people 
through  branches  and  delivery  stations.  17,  493. 

Published  bulletins  and  printed  monthly  lists.     18,  47-48. 

The  manuscript  age.     Reuben  Brooks  Poole.     18,  71-75,  86-87. 

Books  and  bookbinding  before  the  age  of  printing.  Arthur  Wel- 
lington Tyler.  18,  158. 

Rebinding  for  general  circulation.     18,  186-187. 

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The  Library  School  at  Albany.     18,  194. 

Printing  catalogue  cards  for  libraries.     19,  20-22. 

Library  statistics.     19,  95-Q6- 

Reports  of  recent  work  and  development  of  the  several  libraries 

represented  in  the  Club.     19,  133. 
Special  international  bibliographies.     Aksel  G.  S.  Josephson.     19, 

175- 

What  is  needed  in  American  bibliography?     19,  1/5. 

How  teachers  should  co-operate  with  librarians.     19,  386-387. 

The  personality  of  the  librarian.     Reuben  Brooks  Poole.     20,  21. 

The  library  work  of  the  University  of  the  State  of  New- York. 
Rev.  William  Reed  Eastman.  20,  21. 

The  adaptation  of  libraries  to  local  needs.     A.  L.  Peck.     20,  21. 

The  value  of  a  classified  arrangement  of  books.  Jennie  L.  Christ- 
man  ;  Mrs.  Joseph  H.  Rylance,  nee  Coe.  20,  21. 

How  can  we  induce  parents  to  oversee  their  children's  reading  ? 
Ed-ward  B.  Boyer.  20,  22. 

Reading  for  the  young.     20,  22-23. 

Help  of  libraries  in  training  for  citizenship.     20,  95. 

What  can  be  done  to  help  a  boy  to  like  good  books  after  he  has 
fallen  into  the  dime-novel  habit?  Mrs.  Joseph  H.  Rylance, 
nee  Coe.  20,22,  118-119. 

Principles  of  the  selection  of  books.  Mrs.  Edwin  Milton  Fair- 
child,  ne'e  Cutler.  20,  23. 

How  may  we  make  the  guiding  of  pupils'  reading  a  part  of  the 
teacher's  work  ?  Mary  E.  Merington.  20,119-121. 

Libraries  of  the  Twentieth  Century.  George  Watson  Cole.  20, 129. 

The  proposed  combination  of  the  Astor,  Lenox  and  Tilden  founda- 
tions. 20,  129;  21,  153-154. 

The  proposed  bibliography  of  American  literary  periodicals.  20, 
213-214. 

Echoes  from  the  Denver  Conference.  Charles  Alexander  Nel- 
son;  Beatrice  Winser.  20,  392. 

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New  work  undertaken  by  the  libraries  represented  during  the  past 

year.     20,  392-393- 
Librarians  at  the  Atlanta  Exposition.     Hannah  P.  fames.     21, 

15,  25- 

Settlement  libraries.     Helen  Moore;    21,  24. 
Home  and  club  libraries.      Mrs.  Edwin  Milton  Fairchild,  n<!e 

Cutler.     21,  24. 

Parish  libraries.    E.  A.  Bangs.    21,  25. 
The  new  library  building  of  the  Pratt  Institute.     Mary  Wright 

Plummer.     21, 25. 

The  State  and  the  public  library.     Henry  S.  Nourse.     21,  26. 
On  maintaining  the  public  library  by  endowment.     Mary  Emo- 

gene  Hazeltine.     21,  26-27. 
How  to  start  a  library  movement.     Mrs.  Nellie  De  G.  Doubleday. 

21,27. 
Libraries  and  library  problems  in  Greater  New- York.      Richard 

Rogers  Boivker.     21,  99-102,  153. 
Book-plates.     Louise  Both-Hendriksen.     21,  no. 
Fine  printing.     Theodore  L.  De  Vinne.     21,  iio-in. 
The  history  of  the  organization  and  work  of  the  New- York  Library 

Club.     Charles  Alexander  Nelson.     21,  290-291. 
Library  progress  in  the  State  of  New- York.     Rev.   William  Reed 

Eastman.    22, 33-34- 

Literature  clubs.     Richard  Jones.     22,  34. 
What  should  librarians  read?     George  H.   Baker ;     Willis  A. 

Bar  dwell ;    Wilberforce  Eames,     22,  34-35. 
The  best  books  of  1896.     22,  36-37. 
Some  recent  bibliographical  projects.     Dr.  John  Shaw  Billings; 

Thor-vald  Solberg.    22,  210. 
The  organization  and  management  of  library  staffs.      Wilberforce 

Eames  ;  Frank  Pierce  Hill ;  Theresa  Hitchler.     22,266. 


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The  following  libraries  are  represented  in  the  membership  of 
the  Club  : 

NEW- YORK. 
New-York  City— 

Aguilar  Free  Library  Society,  721  Lexington  Avenue 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  127  East  Twenty -third 
Street. 

Bryson  Library  of  the  Teachers'  College,  West  i2oth  Street 
and  Morningside  Heights. 

Columbia  University,  West  n6th  Street  and  Morningside 
Heights. 

General  Theological  Seminary,  Chelsea  Square, 

Harlem,  32  West  i2sd  Street. 

Harvard  Club,  27  West  Forty-fourth  Street. 

Law  Library  of  the  Equitable  Life  Insurance  Society,  120 
Broadway. 

Mercantile  Library  Assaciation  of  New-York,  15  Astor  Place. 

Methodist,  150  Fifth  Avenue. 

New- York  Free  Circulating  :  Bruce,  226  West  Forty-second 
Street;  Harlem,  18  East  i25th  Street;  Jackson  Square,  251 
West  Thirteenth  Street ;  Ottendorfer,  135  Second  Avenue. 

New- York  Public  Library,  Astor,  Lenox,  and  Tilden  Founda- 
tions, 34  Lafayette  Place,  and  890  Fifth  Avenue. 

Railroad  Men's  Branch  of  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  361  Madison  Avenue. 

St.  Agnes'  Free,  121  West  Qist  Street. 

Society,  109  University  Place. 

Typothetae  of  the  City  of  New- York,  106  Fulton  Street. 

Union  League  Club,  Fifth  Avenue  and  Thirty-ninth  Street. 

University  of  the  City  of  New- York,  6  Riverview  Terrace, 
Morris  Heights. 

Washington  Heights  Free,  Amsterdam  Avenue  and  is6th 
Street. 

Webster  Free,  526  East  Seventy-sixth  Street. 

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Young  Men's  Christian  Association,    52  East  Twenty-third 
Street. 

Albany New- York  State  Library. 

Brooklyn — 

Adelphi  College,  Lafayette  Avenue,  corner  St.  James'  Place. 

Brooklyn,  197  Montague  Street. 

Brooklyn  Public  Library  Association. 

Long  Island    Historical   Society,    Pierrepont  Street,    corner 
Clinton  Street. 

Pratt  Institute  Free,  Ryerson  Street,  near  DeKalb  Avenue. 

Union  for  Christian  Work  Free  Lending,  67  Schermerhorn 
Street. 

Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  502  Fulton  Street. 

Young  Women's  Christian  Society,  Schermerhorn  Street  and 
Flatbush  Avenue. 

Ithaca '  .        .    Cornell  University. 

Long  Island  City Public. 

Mount  Vernon Public. 

Poughkeepsie Public. 

Tompkinsville,  Staten  Island,  .        .          Arthur  Winter  Memorial. 

CONNECTICUT. 

Branford Blackstone  Memorial. 

Bridgeport Public. 

Middletown Wesleyan  University. 

New  Haven Free  Public. 

South  Norwalk Public. 

Southport Pequot. 

Stamford Ferguson. 

ILLINOIS. 
Chicago    .        .        .         .        .        .        Newberry. 

.MARYLAND. 
Port  Deposit Tome  Institute. 

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Springfield 


Woonspcket 
Rutland  . 
Milwaukee 
Birmingham  . 


MASSACHUSETTS. 

City  Library. 

NEW  JERSEY. 


Bayonne Free  Public. 

Hoboken Free  Public,  Railroad  Men's 

Branch  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

Jersey  City Public. 

Montclair Free  Public. 

New  Brunswick        ....        Free  Library. 

Newark Free  Public. 

Passaic Public. 

Paterson Public. 

Plainfield Free  Public. 

Princeton          .....        Princeton  University. 

South  Orange Free  Public. 

Trenton Union. 

Weehawken      .         .         .        .        .        Railroad    Men's     Branch 

Y.  M.  C.  A. 
PENNSYLVANIA. 

Philadelphia Wagner  Free  Institute. 

State  College Penn.  State  College. 

RHODE  ISLAND. 

Harris  Institute. 


VERMONT. 


Baxter  Library. 


WISCONSIN. 


Public. 


ENGLAND. 


Free  Library. 


MEMBERS. 
Date  following  name  indicates  year  of  joining.       "Charter  Members. 

ADAMS  (EMMA  LOUISE),  1891,  Public  Library,  Plainfield,  N.  J. 

ANTHONY  (JULIA  B.).  1892,  198  Greene  Avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

APPLETON  (WILLIAM  W.),  1885,  72  Fifth  Avenue,  New- York  City. 

BABCOCK  (L.  E.),  1896,  Cornell  University  Library,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 

BAKER  (GEORGE  HALL),  1886,  Columbia  University  Library 

BAKER  (WILLIAM  GODDARD),  1894,  Columbia  University  Library. 

BALDWIN  (ELIZABETH  G.),  1889,  Teachers'  College,  i2oth   Street, 
Morningside  Heights,  New- York  City. 

BANKS  (MRS.    MARTHA  HOWARD    GORDON),    1889,    34    Lafayette 
Place,  New- York  City. 

BARDWELL  (WILLIS  ARTHUR),  1885,  Brooklyn  Library,  197  Monta- 
gue Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

BEDELL  (MRS.  DELL  BURBECK),  1890,  Free  Public  Library,  Newark, 
N.J. 

BERRY  (SILAS   KURD),  1885,  Library  of   Y.  M.   C.  A.,  318   West 
Fifty-seventh  Street,  New- York  City. 

BIGELOW  (FRANK  BARNA),   1894,  Society  Library,  109  University 
Place,  New- York  City. 

BILLINGS  (DR.  JOHN  SHAW),  1896,  New- York  Public  Library,  Astor 
Building,  34  Lafayette  Place,  New- York  City. 

BLAKE,   (!RMA    I.),    1897,    Society  Library,  67    University    Place, 
New- York  City. 

BOOTH  (WILLIAM  STONE),  1896,  Rollins  &  Co.,  L'td,  4  Stone  Street, 
New- York  City. 

BOSTWICK  (ARTHUR  ELMORE),  1895,   New- York  Free   Circulating 
Library,  226  West  Forty-second  Street,  New- York  City. 

BOWKER  (RICHARD  ROGERS),  1885,  274  Lafayette  Avenue,  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y. 

BRADLEY  (HELEN  M.),  1893,  Penn.  State  College,  State  College,  Pa. 

BRAINERD  (FANNY   P.),   1896,    Union  for    Christian    Work,    Free 
Lending  Library,  67  Schermerhorn  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


BRAINERD  (HELEN  ELVIRA),  1889,  Columbia  University  Library. 

BROWN  (ADDIE  EXPERIENCE),  1894,  New- York  Free  Circulating 
Library,  1523  Second  Avenue,  New- York  City. 

BROWN  (ALICE  H.),  1894,  New- York  Free  Circulating  Library,  18 
East  i25th  Street,  New-York  City. 

BRYSON  (MRS.  P.  M.),  1892,  26  East  Thirty-eighth  Street,  New- 
York  City. 

BUCHANAN  QAMES  D.),  1886,  328  West  Twenty-fourth  Street.  New- 
York  City. 

BURDICK  (ESTHER  ELIZABETH),  1891,  Public  Library,  Jersey  City, 
N.  J. 

BURNITE  (CAROLINE),  1896,  Library  of  Tome  Institute,  Port  De- 
posit, Md. 

GARY  (Mrs.  CORNELIA  H.),  1896,  33  Pierrepont  Street,  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y. 

CATTELL  (SARAH  W.),  1891,  4240  Regent  Square,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

CLARKE  (RALPH  G.),  1891,  Library  Bureau,  280  Broadway,  New- 
York  City. 

COLE  (GEORGE  WATSON),  1888,  late  Public  Library,  Jersey  City,  N.J. 

COMBA  (THEOPHILE  ERNEST),  1896,  65  Fifth  Avenue,  New- York 
City. 

CRAGIE  (Mrs.  MARYE.),  1896,  268  Berkeley  Place,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

CRAGIN  (EMMA  F.),  1890,  New- York  Free  Circulating  Library,  226 
West  Forty-second  Street,  New- York  City. 

CRANE  (HATTIE  HEINISCH),  1890,  Free  Public  Library,  Newark,  N.J. 

CROSS  (Mrs.  RICHARD  JAMES),  1897,  Trustee,  New- York  Free  Cir- 
culating Library,  6  Washington  Square,  New- York  City. 

DAVIDSON  (HERBERT  E.),  1891,  273  Stewart  Building,  Chambers 
Street  and  Broadway,  New- York  City. 

DA  VIE  (ELEANOR  ELIZABETH),  1897,  Educational  Department, 
Harper  and  Bros.,  Franklin  Square,  New- York  City. 

DAVIS  (MARY  LOUISE),  1896,  Pratt  Institute  Free  Library,  Ryerson 
Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


DUNHAM  (Mrs.  JULIA  AIKMAN),  1896,  Free  Public  Library,  Newark, 

N.J. 
EAMES  (WILBERFORCE),    1895,  New- York  Public  Library,    Lenox 

Building,  890  Fifth  Avenue,  New- York  City. 
EASTMAN  (Rev.    WILLIAM   REED),  1895,  New- York  State  Library, 

Albany,  N.  Y. 
EGER  (BERTHA),  1895,  New- York  Public  Library,  Astor  Building, 

34  Lafayette  Place,  New- York  City. 

FAN  NAN  (MARY  ELEANOR),  1896,  Free  Public  Library,  Newark,  N.  ]. 
FARR  (MABEL    A.),    1891,    Adelphi    College,    Lafayette    Avenue, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
FISH  (FANNY   DEAN),  1895,  Y.   W.  C.  A.  Library,  Schermerhorn 

Street  and  Flatbush  Avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
FOOTE  (JAMES  HALL),  1896,  2024  Madison  Avenue.  New- York  City. 
FRECKMAN  (LILLY  H.),  1894,  New- York  Free  Circulating  Library, 

226  West  Forty-second  Street,  New- York  City. 
FREIDUS  (ABRAHAM  SOLOMON),  1894,  New-York   Public  Library, 

Astor  Building,  34  Lafayette  Place,  New-York  City. 
GAY  (HELEN   KILDUFF),    1896,    Mt.   Vernon   Public  Library,    Mt. 

Vernon,  N.  Y. 
GEROULD  (JAMES  THAYER),   1897,   General  Theological   Seminary 

Library,  Chelsea  Square,  New-York  City. 

GIBSON  (ANNA  L.),  1896,  St.  Agnes'  Free  Library,  121  West  Ninety- 
first  Street,  New- York  City. 
GREENOUGH  (WILLIAM),  1885,  Trustee  New- York  Free  Circulating 

Library,  32  West  Ninth  Street,  New- York  City. 
GROWOLL  (ADOLPH),  1885,  59  Duane  Street,  New- York  City. 
HAINES  (HELEN  E.),  1894,    The  Library  Journal,  59  Duane  Street, 

New- York  City. 

HAINES  (MARTHA  BELL)  1890,  Free  Public  Library,  Newark,  N.  J. 
HATFIELD  (THOMAS  FRANCIS),  1891,  Free  Public  Library,  Hoboken, 

N.J. 
HERRICK  (FRANCES)  1890,  Free  Public  Library,  Newark,  N.  J. 


HERZOG  (ALFRED  C.),  1891,  Free  Public  Library,  Bayonue,  N.  J. 
HESS  (Mrs.  FRANCIS  HARDING),  1895,  New- York  Public  Library, 

Astor  Building,  34  Lafayette  Place,  New- York  City. 
HEUSER  (LOUISE),  1897,  New- York   Free  Circulating  Library,  330 

Sixth  Avenue,  New- York  City. 

HILL  (FRANK  PIKRCE),  1889,  Free  PubHc  Library,  Newark,  N.  J. 
HILLS  (Mrs.  AGNES),  1893,  Public  Library,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 
HITCHLER  (THERESA),  1890,  New-York  Free  Circulating  Library, 

226  West  Forty-second  Street,  New-York  City. 
HOWELL  (RODNEY  T.),  1895,   West  Shore  Railroad  Y.  M.  C.  A., 

Weehawken,  N.  J. 
HULL  (FANNY),  1886,  Union  for  Christian  Work,  Free   Lending 

Library,  67  Schermerhorn  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
HULL  (MARY  A.),  1892,  Bath  Beach,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
HUME  (JESSIE  F.)  1897,  Public  Library,  Long  Island  City,  N.  Y. 
HUSTIS  (Mrs.  HENRY  HAiGHiXiSgo,  32a  Baldwin  Street, Newark,  N.J. 
IDLE  (THOMAS  WILLIAM),  1895,  Columbia  University  Library. 
JAMES  (WILLIAM  JOHN),  1894,  Wesleyan  University,   Middletown, 

Conn. 

JAQUES  (ELIZABETH  DORA),  1896,  Free  Public  Library,  Newark,  N.J. 
JEFFRIES  (Rev.  MORTIMER  TOWNSEND),  1895,  Americaa  Society  of 

Civil  Engineers,  127  East  Twenty-third  Street,  New- York  City. 
JOBS  (MARY  K.),  1896,  Plainfield  Public  Library,  Plainfield,  N.  J. 
JONGHAUS  (WERNKK),   1890,  Y.   M.   C.   A.,  52  East  Twenty-third 

Street,  New- York  City. 
JUDD  (LEWIS  STRONG),  JR.,   1892,  New- York  Public   Library,  34 

Lafayette  Place,  New- York  City. 
KELSO  (TESSA  L.),  1896,  Messrs.  Charles  Scribner's  Sons,  153  Fifth 

Avenue,  New- York  City. 

KENNEY  (JOSEPHINE),  1890,  Free  Public  Library,  Newark,  N.  J. 
KERNOCHAN  (JOSEPH  FREDERIC),  1886,  President,  New- York  Free 

Circulating  Library,  n  East  Twenty -sixth  Street,  New- York 

City. 

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KIMBALL  (WILLIAM  C.),  1897,  Trustee,  Public  Library,  Passaic, 
N.  J.,  96  Prince  Street,  New- York  City. 

LEIPZIGER  (HENRY  M.),  1892,  324  East  Fiftieth  Street,  New- York 
City. 

LEIPZIGER  (PAULINE).  1893,  Aguilar  Free  Library,  197  East  Broad- 
way, New- York  City. 

LEMKE  (ERNEST)  1896,  812  Broadway,  New-York  City. 

LITHGOW  (GEORGE  W.),  1886,  41  King  Street,  New- York  City. 

LYDENBURG  (HARRY  MILLER),  1897,  New- York  Public  Library, 
Lenox  Building,  890  Fifth  Avenue,  New- York  City. 

MCANDREW  (G.  J.),  1895,  South  Orange,  N.  J. 

MCDOWELL  (WILLIAM  O.),  1891  (Room  121),  115  Broadway,  New- 
York  City. 

MARSH  (LILIAN  ADELAIDE),  1891,  Free  Public  Library,  Newark,  N.J. 

MERINGTON  (MARGUERITE),  1885,  i4ist  Street  and  Boulevard,  New- 
York  City. 

MERINGTON  (MARY  E.),  1895,  14151  Street  and  Boulevard,  New- 
York  City. 

MILLER  (MARY  EMILY),  1894,  Library,  Equitable  Life  Insurance, 
120  Broadway,  New- York  City. 

MONTGOMERY  (THOMAS  L.),  1891,  Wagner  Free  Institute  of  Science, 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

MULLINS  (JOHN  DAVIES),  1887,  Honorary  member,  Free  Library, 
Birmingham,  England. 

NATHAN  (MADELINE)  1896,  Aguilar  Free  Library,  197  East  Broad- 
way, New- York  City. 

*NELSON  (CHARLES  ALEXANDER),  1885, Columbia  University  Library, 
and  Library  of  Harvard  Club,  27  West  Forty-fourth  Street, 
New- York  City. 

NEUMANN  (CHARLES  G.),  1890,  7  East  Sixteenth  Street,  New- York 
City. 

ODDIE  (SARAH  SLATER),  1896,  New- York  Public  Library,  Astor 
Building,  34  Lafayette  Place,  New- York  City. 


ODELL  (HELEN  PARSONS),   1894,  Library  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  502  Fulton 

Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

OGDEN  (Lucv),  1896,  Free  Public  Library,  Newark,  N.  J. 
O'MEARA  (ELLEN  M.),  1896,  Aguilar  Free  Library,  113  East  Fifty- 
ninth  Street,  New- York  City. 
PALTSITS  (VICTOR  HUGO),  1896,  New- York  Public  Library,  Lenox 

Building,  890  Fifth  Avenue,  New- York  City. 
PASKO  (WESLEY  W.),  1894,  Typotbetas  of  the  City  of  New- York,  106 

Fulton  Street,  New- York  City. 
PECK  (EDITH  MAY),  1894,  Pratt   Institute  Free   Library,  Ryerson 

Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
*PEOPLES  (WILLIAM  THADDEUS),  1885,  Mercantile  Library,  15  Astor 

Place,  New- York  City. 
PERRY  (GEORGE  MURDOCH.),  1893,  late  Harlem  Library,  32  West 

1 23d  Street,  New- York  City. 

PHILLIPS  (CHARLES  FRANgois),  1896,  76  First  Place,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
PLUMMER  (MARY  WRIGHT),    1890,    Pratt  Institute  Free  Library, 

Ryerson  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

PRESCOTT  (HARRIET  BEARDSLEE),    1890,  Columbia  University  Li- 
brary. 
RATHBONE  (JOSEPHINE  ADAMS),  1893,  Pratt  Institute  Free  Library, 

Ryerson  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
RICHARDSON  (Rev.  ERNEST  GUSHING),  1890,  Princeton   University 

Library,  Princeton,  N.  J. 
ROCKWOOD  (Mrs.  WILLIAM  HEWITT),  1890,  61  West  Eighty-seventh 

Street,  New- York  City. 

ROE  (MARY  ELIZABETH),  1896,  310  Lafayette  Avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
RUTTER  (ROBERT),  1886,  141  East  Twenty-fifth  Street,  New-York 

City. 
*  RYLANCE  (Mrs.  JOSEPH  H.),  n<!e  COE,  1885,  u  Livingston  Place, 

New- York  City. 
SAUER  (ELLA  M.),  1894,  New-York  Free  Circulating  Library,  251 

West  Thirteenth  Street,  New- York  City. 

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SAXER  (MARIE),  1894,  New- York  Free  Circulating  Library,  49  Bond 

Street,  New- York  City. 
SCHOTTENFELS  (SARA  X.),  1894,   337  East  Eighty-seventh  Street, 

New-York  City. 
SEE  (CORNELIA   A.),  1890,  Free   Public   Library,  New  Brunswick, 

N.J. 

SHIPMAN  (Louis  EVANS),  1895,  83  Clinton  Place,  New- York  City. 
SICKLEY  (JOHN  C.),  1895,  Public  Library,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 
SPEIRS  (CHARLES  EDWARD),  1891,  23  Murray  Street,  New- York  City. 
STECHERT  (GUSTAV  EMILE),  1886,    9   East  Sixteenth  Street,  New- 
York  City. 

STEIGER  (ERNEST),  1886,  25  Park  Place,  New-York  City. 
STEINBURGER  (MATILDA  HILDEGARDE),  1894,  New- York  Free  Circu- 
lating Library,  135  Second  Avenue,  New-York  City. 
STETSON    (WILLIS    KIMBALL),    1891,    Free   Public   Library,   New 

Haven,  Conn. 
STEVENS  (WILLIAM  FRANKLYN),    1890,   Library  of  Railroad  Men's 

Branch,  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  361  Madison  Avenue,  New- York  City. 
STILLMAN  (MARY  LOUISE),  1895,  Public  Library,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
STILLMAN  (MINNA  A.),  1894,  Baxter  Memorial  Library,  Rutland, 

Vt. 
STONELAKE  (!SOLA  PEIRCE),  1890,    Free  Public  Library,   Newark, 

N.J. 
SUNDERLAND  (J.  L.  B.),  1894,  Library  of  Railroad  Men's  Branch 

Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Hoboken.  N.  J. 
THOMAS    (Rev.  JOSEPH   CONABLE),    1894,    Methodist   Library,    150 

Fifth  Avenue,  New- York  City. 
TOEDTEBERG  (EMMA),  1 886,  Long  Island  Historical  Society,  Pierre- 

pont,  corner  Clinton  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
TOMPKINS  (LESLIE  J.),  1894,  University  of  the  City  of  New- York. 

6  Riverside  Terrace,  Morris  Heights,  New- York  City. 
TOTTEN  (ELLSWORTH),  1889,  Library  of  Union  League  Club,  Fifth 
and  Thirty-ninth  Street,  New- York  City. 

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TROWBRIDGE  (HELEN  RADNOR),  1896,  New- York  Public  Library, 
Astor  Building,  34  Lafayette  Place,  New- York  City. 

TUTTLE  (ELIZABETH),  1886,  Long  Island  Historical  Society,  Pierre- 
pont,  corner  Clinton  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

TYLER  (ARTHUR  WELLINGTON),  1886,  Blackstone  Memorial  Library, 
Branford,  Conn. 

VAN  HOEVENBERG  (ALMA  ROGERS),  1893,  Washington  Heights 
Free  Library,  Amsterdam  Avenue  and  is6th  Street,  New- York 
City. 

VAN  HOEVENBERG  (ELIZABETH),  1893,  The  Ferguson  Library, 
Stamford,  Conn. 

VAN  WAGENEN  (FREDERICK  W.),  1895,  Messrs.  Dodd,  Mead  &  Co., 
151  Fifth  Avenue,  New-York  City. 

WAIT  (MARIE  Fox),  1896,  New- York  Public  Library,  Astor  Build- 
ing, 34  Lafayette  Place,  New-York  City. 

WALLIS  (MARY  VIOLET),  1895,  New- York  Public  Library,  Astor 
Building,  34  Lafayette  Place,  New- York  City. 

WARD  (ANNA  HOWARD),  1887,  Harris  Institute  Library,  Woon- 
socket,  R.  I. 

WASHBURNE  (Mrs.  OLIVE  B.),  Methodist  Library,  150  Fifth  Avenue, 
New- York  City. 

WEEKS  (MARY  FROST),  1891,  Free  Public  Library,  Montclair,  N.  J. 

WEEKS  (WILLIAM  RAYMOND),  1890.  763  Broad  Street,  Newark,  N.J. 

WEITENKAMPF  (FRANK),  1895,  New-York  Public  Library,  34  Laf- 
ayette Place,  New- York  City. 

*WHITE  (WILLIAM  AUGUSTUS),  1885,  158  Columbia  Heights,  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y. 

WINCHESTER  (GEORGE  F.),  1889,  Free  Public  Library,  Paterson,N.J. 

WING  (JosiAH  NORRIS),  1886,  153  Fifth  Avenue,  New- York  City. 

WINSER  (BEATRICE),  1890,  Free  Public  Library,  Newark,  N.  J. 

WIRE  (G.  E.),  M.D.,  1889,  1574  Judson  Avenue,  Evanston,  111. 

WOODRUFF  (ELEANOR  BERRY),  1895,  Pratt  Institute  Free  Library, 
Ryerson  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

YERKES  (SUSAN  H.),  1890,  Arthur  Winter  Memorial  Library, 
Tompkinsville,  S.  I.,  N.  Y. 

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LIBRARIES  OF  NEW-YORK  CITY. 


AGUILAR  FREE  LIBRARY  SOCIETY.     Est.  1886.    36,000  vols.     721 

Lexington  Avenue  ;  197  East  Broadway,  and  624  Fifth  Street. 

Pauline  Leipziger,  Librarian. 
AMERICAN   INSTITUTE  LIBRARY.     Est.  1828.     15,000  vols.     111-115 

West  Thirty-eighth  Street.     George  Whitfield,  Librarian. 
AMERICAN  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY.     Est.  1869.     32,000  vols. 

Seventy-seventh  Street  and  Eighth  Avenue.     Anthony  Wood- 
ward, Librarian. 
AMERICAN  NUMISMATIC  AND  ARCHAEOLOGICAL  SOCIETY.     Est.  1858. 

2,000  vols.     17  West  Forty-third  Street.     Herbert  Valentine, 

Librarian. 
AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL  ENGINEERS,  127  East  Twenty-third 

Street.     Rev.  Mortimer  Townsend  Jeffries.  Librarian. 
ASTOR.     See  New- York  Public  Library. 
BENJAMIN  D.  TOWNSEND— BELLEVUE  HOSPITAL.     Est.  1889.     3,500 

vols.     Louis  H.  Brown,  Librarian. 
BROOME    STREET.      Est.    1885.     2,200  vols.     395    Broome  Street, 

H.  E.  Waste,  Librarian. 
BRYSON  LIBRARY  OF  THE  TEACHERS'  COLLEGE.     Est.  1888.     8,000 

vols.     West  i2oth  Street  and  Morningside  Heights.     Elizabeth 

G.  Baldwin,  Librarian. 
CATHEDRAL  FREE  CIRCULATING.    Est.  1888.    20,000  vols.    123  East 

Fiftieth  Street.     Agnes  Wallace,  Librarian. 
CITY  LIBRARY.     Est.  1874.     9,800  vols.     City  Hall.     Philip  Burr, 

Librarian. 
COLLEGE  SETTLEMENT.   Est.  1888.    2,300  vols.   95  Rivington  Street. 

Amy  P.  Hall,  Librarian. 
COLUMBIA   UNIVERSITY.      Est.    1755.     230,000  vols.      West   n6th 

Street  and  Morningside  Heights.    George  H.  Baker,  Librarian. 

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COOPER  UNION.  Eighth  Street  and  Fourth  Avenue.  M.  J.  C. 
Zachos,  Curator. 

DE  WITT  MEMORIAL.  Est.  1822.  2,200  vols.  286  Rivington  Street. 
Malcolm  R.  Birnie,  Librarian. 

DIRECTORY  LIBRARY.  Contains  all  State,  City  and  local  directories 
of  the  United  States.  21  University  Place. 

EQUITABLE  LIFE  INSURANCE.     See  Law  Library. 

FREE  LIBRARY  OF  THE  GENERAL  SOCIETY  OF  MECHANICS  AND 
TRADESMEN  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW- YORK.  Est.  1820.  110,000 
vols.  1 8  East  Sixteenth  Street.  Jacob  Schwartz,  Librarian. 

GENERAL  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY,  Chelsea  Square. 

HANNEMANNIAN  LIBRARY  OF  THE  NEW- YORK  MEDICAL  COLLEGE. 
Est.  1886.  2,000  vols.  Sixty-fourth  Street  and  Avenue  A. 
George  Jansen,  Librarian. 

HARLEM.  Est.  1825.  19,675  vols.  32  West  i23d  Street.  Miss  B. 
S.  Smith,  Librarian. 

HARLEM  LAW.  Est.  1891.  2,500  vols.  109  West  i25th  Street. 
W.  E.  Benjamin,  Librarian. 

ITALIAN  FREE  READING  ROOM  AND  LIBRARY.  Est.  1894.  3,000 
vols.  149  Mulberry  Street.  Garry  Arrighi,  Librarian. 

LAW  LIBRARY  OF  THE  EQUITABLE  LIFE  INSURANCE  SOCIETY.  Est. 
1876.  15,100  vols.  120  Broadway.  Thomas  A.  Campbell, 
Librarian. 

LENOX.     See  New- York  Public  Library. 

MAIMONIDES  FREE.  Est.  1858.  46,200  vols.  203  East  Fifty- 
seventh  Street.  Josephine  Bacharch,  Librarian. 

MASONIC.  Est.  1868.  10,000  vols.  Sixth  Avenue  and  Twenty- 
third  Street.  E.  Loewenstine,  Librarian. 

MECHANICAL  ENGINEERS' ASSOCIATION.  Est.  1890.  4,500  vols.  12 
West  Thirty-first  Street.  Isabel  Thornton,  Librarian. 

MERCANTILE  LIBRARY  ASSOCIATION  OF  NEW  YORK.  Est.  1820. 
256,000  vols.  15  Astor  Place  ;  branches  at  120  Broadway,  and 
426  Fifth  Avenue.  W.  T.  Peoples,  Librarian. 

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METHODIST.  10,000  vols.  150  Fifth  Avenue.  Joseph  C.  Thomas, 
Librarian. 

METROPOLITAN  MUSEUM  OF  ART.  5,500  vols.  Central  Park, 
Eighty-second  Street  and  Fifth  Avenue.  William  Andrews, 
Librarian. 

MOTT  MEMORIAL  LIBRARY.  Incorp.  1867.  A  consulting,  medical 
and  surgical  library.  64  Madison  Avenue. 

NEW-YORK  ACADEMY  OF  MEDICINE.  Est.  1847.  46,000  vols. 
17-21  West  Forty-third  Street.  Dr.  George  T.  Jackson, 
Librarian. 

NEW-YORK  FREE  CIRCULATING.  90,000  vols.  226  West  Forty- 
second  Street;  branches,  49  Bond  Street;  Ottendorfer,  135 
Second  Avenue ;  Bruce,  226  West  Forty-second  Street ;  Har- 
lem, 1 8  East  1 2 sth  Street;  Muhlenberg,  49  West  Twentieth 
Street;  Jackson  Square,  251  West  Thirteenth  Street;  and 
Bloomingdale,  816  Amsterdam  Avenue.  Arthur  E.  Bostwick, 
Librarian. 

NEW- YORK  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY.  Est.  1804.  100,000  vols.  170 
Second  Avenue.  William  Kelby,  Librarian. 

NEW-YORK  HOSPITAL.  Est.  1796.  24,000  vols.  6  West  Sixteenth 
Street.  Frank  P.  Foster,  Librarian. 

NEW-YORK  LAW  INSTITUTE.  Est.  1828.  47,200  vols.  Rooms 
116-122  P.  O.  Building.  William  H.  Winters,  Librarian. 

NEW- YORK  PUBLIC  LIBRARY,  ASTOR,  LENOX,  AND  TILDEN  FOUNDA- 
TIONS. Incorp.  1895.  400,000  vols.  Astor  Building,  Est. 
1849,  34  Lafayette  Place;  Lenox  Building,  Est.  1870,  890  Fifth 
Avenue.  Dr.  John  Shaw  Billings,  Director. 

NEW- YORK  PRODUCE  EXCHANGE.  Est.  1862.  3,500  vols.  Broad- 
way and  Beaver  Streets.  James  H.  Patrick,  Librarian. 

NEW-YORK  STATE  MEDICAL  ASSOCIATION  LIBRARY.  64  Madison 
Avenue.  Miss  Alice  Dunn,  Clerk. 

ODD  FELLOWS'  LIBRARY.  Incorp.  1870.  2374  Park  Avenue.  Seth 
D.  Close,  Custodian. 

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OLIVET  MEMORIAL.    2,626  vols.     59-63  Second  Street.     Lizzie  F. 

Baker,  Librarian. 
PEDAGOGY.     3,000  vols.   University  Building,  Washington  Square. 

J.  L.  Torapkins,  Librarian. 
PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  SEAMEN'S.      Est.    1874.      1,500  vols.     21 

Coenties  Slip.     I.  Maguire,  Librarian. 
RAILROAD  MEN'S  BRANCH  OF  Y.  M.  C.  A.    361  Madison  Avenue. 

William  Franklyn  Stevens,  Librarian. 

RIVERDALE  LIBRARY.     Riverdale.     Francis  H.  Thorn,  Librarian. 
ST.  AGNES'  FREE.     Est.  1894.     3,200  vols.     121  West  Ninety-first 

Street.     A.  L.  Gibson,  Librarian. 
ST.  BARNABAS'  FREE  READING  ROOM.     Est.  1867.     1,000  vols.    38 

Bleecker  Street.     Herman  Meyers,  Librarian. 
ST.  MARK'S  MEMORIAL.     Est.   1883.     1,200  vols.     288  East  Tenth 

Street.     Joseph  S.  Ruepp,  Librarian. 

SEAMAN'S.     Est.  1844.     5,ooo  vols.     34  Pike  Street.     Daniel  Mont- 
gomery, Librarian. 
SOCIETY.     Est.  1754.     100,000  vols.     67  University  Place.     Frank 

B.  Bigelow,  Librarian. 

TYPOTHET^E  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW-YORK.     106  Fulton  Street. 
UNIVERSITY  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW-YORK.     6   Riverview  Terrace, 

Morris  Heights. 

WASHINGTON  HEIGHTS   FREE.     Est.    1868.     10,000  vols.     Amster- 
dam Avenue  andis6th  Street.     E.  P.  Griffin,  Librarian. 
WEBSTER  FREE.     Est.  1893.     5,000  vols.     526  East  Seventy-sixth 

Street.     William  S.  Booth,  Librarian. 

WOMAN'S.     1,500  vols.     19  Clinton  Place.    M.  J.  Kemp,  Librarian. 
YOUNG  MEN'S   CHRISTIAN    ASSOCIATION.     Est.  1853.     45,5oo  vols. 

318  West  Fifty-seventh  street.     Silas  Hurd  Berry,  Librarian. 
YOUNG  WOMEN'S   CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION.     Headquarters,  7  East 

Fifteenth  Street. 


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